Presentation Title: “10 Ways We Get Retrieval Practice Wrong”
Retrieval practice boosts learning—but only when done right! Too often, we introduce it in ways that hinder rather than help. In this session, we'll uncover 10 common mistakes educators make with retrieval practice and explore simple, research-backed strategies to fix them.
This presentation is designed for curriculum coordinators, district leaders, and teachers.
Here is a summary of the 10 points covered in the presentation:
1. Not providing enough challenge
2. Familiarity is not the same as understanding
3. Using retrieval practice primarily as an assessment tool
4. Not spacing retrieval practice
5. Not using errors as a learning event
6. Not connecting retrieval practice to curriculum
7. If you haven't taught it, what are they retrieving?
8. Using only recognition-based retrieval
9. Failing to explicitly teach retrieval strategies
10. Creating high-pressure retrieval situations
Actionable steps to take will be included with each of these points.
- Supervisors, Managers, Directors
- K-12 Teachers
- Higher Education Faculty
- Learning
- Long term retention
As instructional technology coordinator of Berkeley County Schools, I support and inspire innovative teaching and learning. My role allows me to focus on emerging technologies and equip teachers with the skills necessary to implement them effectively. This topic addresses a question that every educator will eventually face: "I taught this for ___ weeks and they still bombed the test." Correcting these 10 mistakes will result in learning that sticks.
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